Bonnie Langford has spoken about her EastEnders debut and revealed her daughter finally thinks she's "cool".

The 50-year-old veteran of stage and screen, who has 15-year-old daughter Biana with husband Paul Grunert, is set to make her debut in Albert Square next week as Carmel Kazemi, the pushy mother of Kush.

She arrives to meet her son's girlfriend, Shabnam Masood, just days after her explosive baby secret is exposed and admits her family are excited about watching the scenes.

Appearing on This Morning today, she said: "I think it's sort of cool, I'm probably not cool at all but my daughter thinks so."

Bonnie Langford talking about her EastEnders role (Image: ITV)

Talking about bagging the role, she said: "I was doing Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in London and I got this call to say would I go in for EastEnders.

"They showed me this breakdown and it was completely different to me. I read a couple of scenes and thought, 'This is fun!' I went in thinking, 'I have no idea where I fit with this'.

"The way it works is just incredible, I’m in awe of how this big machine works. Just to be there I was excited.

"I thought if nothing happens, that’s fine, something will happen in 20 years time or whatever."

Bonnie, who went along to the recent British Soap Awards to meet some of the cast, admitted she's slightly "terrified" that she will simply blend in and hasn't yet watched the scenes back from her first episode.

But fans are loving the idea of her in the show and we don't think she'll have anything to worry about.